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Latest revision as of 22:07, 6 March 2013 [edit] English [edit] Etymology Latin temperatus, past participle of temperare ("moderate, forbear, combine properly"). See temper. [edit] Pronunciation [edit] Adjective temperate (comparative more temperate, superlative most temperate) - Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate.
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page vii
- Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of William Shakespeare to this entry?):
- She is not hot, but temperate as the morn.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Alfred, Lord Tennyson to this entry?):
- That sober freedom out of which there springs Our loyal passion for our temperate kings.
- Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions; as, temperate in eating and drinking.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Franklin to this entry?)
- Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy.
- Proceeding from temperance.
- Living in an environment that is temperate, not extreme.
- temperate fishes
[edit] Synonyms [edit] Derived terms - (geology) temperate zone, that part of the earth which lies between either tropic and the corresponding polar circle; -- so called because the heat is less than in the torrid zone, and the cold less than in the frigid zones.
[edit] Translations moderate; not excessive heat, climate moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions proceeding from temperance - The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
Translations to be checked temperate (third-person singular simple present temperates, present participle temperating, simple past and past participle temperated) - (obsolete) To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.
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- It inflames temperance, and temperates wrath. Marston.
[edit] Translations (obsolete) to render temperate [edit] References [edit] Anagrams
[edit] Italian temperate - second-person plural present indicative of temperare
- second-person plural imperative of temperare
- Feminine plural of temperato
temperāte - first-person plural present active imperative of temperō
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